Penholder.



PATENTED 0GT.16, 190s.

LSTEVENS.

PENHOLDER.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNBS. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

Application filed June 8. 1906. Serial No. 320.870.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC STEVENS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Salmon, in the county of Lemhi, State of Idaho, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled 'in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to pen-ejecting penholders; and it is the object of the im provements to provide a penholder of that rind mentioned that as a new article of manufacture will not only eject the penpoint when it is wanted that that thing should be done without soiling the fingers of the hand, but that will hold the pen with all desired firmness when in use and that will be durable and of itself of lower cost of production.

Because of the durable properties of the pen considered in connection with its efliciency it is well adapted for employment in the manufacture of penholders made out of the finer metals, such as silver or gold, though, as above stated, it is per se of little cost of manufacture. Being made entirely of metal it presents a neat appearance, which is an incentive to the user, so that it is not likely to be lost through carelessness resulting from mislaying it, nor is it likely to be left to become befouled or clogged with ink by reason of failure to wipe it when it should be given such attention.

The nature of the invention is ascertainable from the foregoing statements in view of the annexed drawings, forming a part of this specification. I will therefore proceed to disclose the improvements in detail in connection with the said drawings, pointing out the invention with particularity in the subjoined claim.

Of the said drawings, Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view partly in elevation. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal view of the same. Fig. 3 is a separate view of the means contained in the outer tube, excepting the helical spring.

Like numerals of reference designate like parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

5 designates what I may term for the purposes of this specification the outer tube,

which is composed of thin sheet metal and I extends from near. the rear or upper end to the front end. At the rear end the said outer tube contains a helical spring 6, that is inclosed in a short inner tube or cap 7 and rests at its rear end on the cap and at its forward end on a stop 8, which may be a ledge or similar device secured at its outer edge to the inner surface of the outer tube. A rod 9, attached at its rear end to the cap 7 and extending forward through the helical spring 6 to the grip-plate 10, is connected to the rear end of said plate and moves it forward when the rod is moved forward against the stress of the spring 6 by pressure on the cap 7 When pressure by the finger on the cap 7 is released, the spring will return the gripplate and rod back to normal position.

The grip-plate has an upwardly-inclined slot 11 formed in its forward end. The rear end of the grip-lever 12.is slotted, and the forward end of the grip-plate extends into said slot. A cross pin or projection connected with the grip-lever extends into the inclined slot 1 l. The said grip-lever is pivoted or fulcrumed at 18 on projections punched outwardly from the sides of the semicylin drical part 14, with which the grip-lever at its forward end terminates. The said projections extend into indentations formed by punching the metal of the outer tube outwardly. The forward terminus 14 of the grip-lever 12 holds the shank of the penpoint between its upper side and the upper inner side of the outer tube, the latter having about half of its otherwise cylindrical part removed by a quill-pen cut, as at 15. In the upper edges of the remaining metal there are formed notches 16 into which the edges of a small strip 17, of metal, secured to the front end of the grip-lever, extend and rest on the lower edges of the shank of the pen-point and assist in gripping it.

When a pen-point is in place and gripped, as stated, and it is desired to release it, the end of the forefinger will be laced on the cap, and the rod 9 and grip-p ate 10 will be pushed inward against the stress of the spring 6, causing the rear end of the grip-lever 12 to be raised by the parts projecting into the upwardly-inclined slot sliding up in the same, thus rocking the said lever on its fulcrum-pin 13 and depressing the forward end of the lever through the opening made in the outer tube by the quill-pen cut, thereby releasing the grip on the shank of the penpoint, allowing the pen to drop.

What is claimed is A pen-ejecting penholder com rising an outer tube having a portion thereoi cut away at its forward end and having notches formed in the edges of the remaining part, a grip-lever pivoted in the tube and having a strip on its front end disposed to engage said notches when the lever is moved in one direction, a grip-plate slidably mounted in the tube and provided with a diagonal slot with which the rear end portion of the grip-lever is slidably engaged, a rod extending rearwardly from the grip-plate, a cap upon the free end of the rod slidably engaging the rear end of the tube and projecting normally therefrom, a stop within the tube and a spring encircling the rod and bearing with its ends against the cap and the stop respectively.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC STEVENS.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. MEITZLER, JAMES M. MOPHERSON. 

